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Mystic East JNL

Mystic East JNL font

The cast credits for the 1954 film “Hell’s Half Acre” (Wendell Corey, Evelyn Keyes and Elsa Lanchester) provided the basis for Mystic East JNL.

Nameplate JNL

Nameplate JNL font

Two attractive cast metal door signs reading “Men” and “Ladies” from back in the Art Deco era inspired the idea for Nameplate JNL. The left parenthesis key starts the border decoration, and the right...

Narrow Nouveau JNL

Narrow Nouveau JNL font

Narrow Nouveau JNL come from the hand lettered title on a 1907 song folio for George M. Cohan’s “The Talk of New York”, and is available in both regular and oblique versions.

Narrow Roman Stencil JNL

Narrow Roman Stencil JNL font

Narrow Roman Stencil JNL was modeled from a vintage brass sign for identification of a ballroom.

National Parks JNL

National Parks JNL font

National Parks JNL was based on a 1930s WPA (Works Progress Administration) poster where the word “National Parks” was hand lettered in an unusual and eclectic Art Deco style. Bold and non-conformist, the typeface...

Neurotic Roman JNL

Neurotic Roman JNL font

The free-form, Art Nouveau hand lettering on the cover of the sheet music for 1915’s “She Was All That a Pal Ought to Be” inspired Neurotic Roman JNL; available in both regular and oblique...

New Thin Roman JNL

New Thin Roman JNL font

The 1912 publication “Essentials of Lettering” has an example of a hand lettered, condensed spurred serif design called “Compressed Roman”. This is now available digitally as New Thin Roman JNL in both regular and...

News Crew JNL

News Crew JNL font

It seems that after the 1960s, very few display typefaces were being produced that had the desirability to transcend generations, as did many type designs of the past. In 1970, a local television station...

Newsbreaker JNL

Newsbreaker JNL font

Based on scans of some 1906 newspaper headlines detailing the devastation of the San Francisco earthquake, Newsbreaker JNL is a modern take on vintage typography. With a few letterform characteristics somewhat reminiscent of DeVinne,...

Newsmaker JNL

Newsmaker JNL font

A WPA (Works Progress Administration) poster from the 1940s saying “Behind the Headlines” presented the title hand-lettered in a bold, condensed slab serif. This became the model for Newsmaker JNL, available in both regular...